Geek Records for Java

Inheritance Depth Record

To win fame for discovering a deep open-source hierarchy, you
have to reveal the project and the class that exceeds 9 levels.
You may post anonymous submissions for the proprietary records.
We will take your word for it.

Open Source: Record held by Rob Mulcahey, Current Inc, Colorado Springs
for discovering 12 levels of inheritance in Apache's Batik.

Proprietary: Record held by Cameron Purdy,
Tangosol,
for a class hierarchy going down 12 levels in their Tangosol Development Environment.
In their defence, it is a GUI class.

Proprietary Anonymous: Record held by anonymous subscriber,
for a class hierarchy going down a whopping 53 levels.
They know that this is ridiculous and far away from good design.
It was implemented by a Java developer with limited Java experience.
But the code is still in production and works from a business point of
view.

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